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PACKING DEVICE.

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PACKING DEVIOE.

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GEORGE TI-IOM, OF IVASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SAMUEL TI'IOM, OF \VASI-IINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

PACKING DEVICE.

SPECEFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,77 5, dated May 13, 1902. Application filed January 7, 1902. Serial No. 88,763. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: enter at an angle and tend to remain in place Be it known that I, GEORGE THOM, a citizen the slight longitudinal movement of the adja- 55 of the United States, residing at Washington, cent rib would tend to displace it and cause it in the District of Columbia, have invented to assume a diiferentposition, so as to graducertain new and useful ImprovementsinPackally slide forward between the ribs to the end ing Devices, of which the followingis a speciof the shaker. The plates 7are supported at fication. such a distance beyond the end of the shaker 60 My invention is an apparatus for packing that as the articles reach this end they mayascrackers, biscuits, or other like articles; and sums an inclined position and fall downward 10 my invention consists of a machine provided between the partitions 12 on an inclined rewith means for bringing the articles in rows ceiver D, and into the channels between said one article against the other, so that they can partitions extend plates 10, projecting down- 65 be readily transferred, and in a packer 0011- Ward from the forward end of the platform 1, sisting of a trough and plunger, said trough so that as an article falls downward between 15 being provided with converging ends, wherethe plates 7 and 10 and into one of the chanby the rows of articles may be delivered tonels the forward movement of the plate 10 by gether in proper order into boxes or bags contact with the article will tend to throw it 70 placed upon said ends, as fully set forth hereforward and against the other articles in the inafter and as illustrated in the accompanychannel,which are thus gradually fed forward ing drawings, in which-- in substantiallyan upright positionin contact Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved with each other. The attendantfrom time to packing apparatus. Fig. 2 is a section on the time takes a series of the articles thus brought 75 line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line together face to face and deposits a sufficient 3 3, Fig. 1; Fig. l, a section on the line t 4, number of the same crosswise in the trough Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a perspective viewin part sec- 19 of the packer E. The said packer consists tion, and Fig. 6 a View illustratinga modiIi-' of the said trough, constructed as hereinafter cation. Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, and (5 are drawn to a described, and a reciprocating plunger 20, 80 larger scale than Fig. 1. which as it moves in one direction pushes the A frame B is suitably supported upon legs mass of articles y forward toward the end of or standards 0, and above the table, near the the trough. As shown, the trough has upcenter of the same, isashakerA,sosuspended right fixed sides 22, is open at the top, and by links 16 thatit can he reciprocated rapidly near the delivering end the sides 22 are so 8: back and forth in any suitable manner. The constructed as to converge slightly and yield shaker is inclined downward toward the forfor the passage of the mass of articles beward end and is provided with a receivingtween them. The flexibility of the convergplatform 1, upon which are deflectors 2, which ing ends of the sides may be secured by makserve to deflect toward the sides of the shaker, ing these ends thinner than the other side porthe rectangular blocks y representing biscuits tions so as to spring outward beyond these side or any other articles which it is desired to portions, as illustrated in the construction 40 pack. At the forward end of the shaker are shown in Fig. 6; but preferably this is soparallel ribs or partitions 5 6, their ends all cured by hinging the ends 25 to the rigid side projecting over the forward end of the shaker, portions by hinges 26, with arms 27 projectthe ribs 6 being fixed in place and the ribs 5 ing rearward and pressed outward by springs having near the rear end grooves 00, through 28, which tend to throw the converging side 5 which extend pins 8, while the forward ends portions 25 toward each other. The bottom of these ribs or partitions project through 30 of the trough extends forward as far as the slots in plates 7, pendent from a cross-piece 9. ends of the side portions, and preferably By so securing or supporting the alternate there is a cap-piece 31 hinged to a cross-bar ribs 5 that they may have a slight baok-and- 32 and tending to fall toward the bottom at 50 forward motion under the influence of the its forward end to the position shown in Fig.

movements of the platform I prevent the ar- 5. A mass of the articles having been placed ticles 11 from jamming in between the ribs 5 in front of the plunger 20, the latter moves and 6, as in case one of said articles should outward toward the end of the trough in tho direction of its arrow and carries the articles between the converging ends 25 25 and below the cap 31, the said ends and cap yielding for the passage and tending to hold the articles properly in position in respect to each other, so that they will be introduced properly into a bag or box which has been placed upon the end of the packer in the position indicated by dotted lines X, Fig. 5. As soon as the mass of articles has thus been transferred from the trough to the box the plunger 20 moves back to a position to receive another mass of articles in front of it and the box X is removed and another is put in its place and the articles deposited therein in like manner, or if the box or bag is of sufficient size a second layer of articles is deposited in it in contact with the first.

As shown, the packer E and plunger are double-endedthat is, at each end the sides are flexible and converge, so that they may 'be spread outward as the articles pass between them, and at each end there is a hinged cap 31, and,if desired, in order to adapt the in achine to packages of different sizes the trough may be made in two sect-ions, the bottom portion of one section overlapping the other, as indicated in Fig. 5, with a binding-screw 35, whereby the parts may be secured after adjustment. As shown, there are two packers, one at each side of the receiver D, and each of the packers is double-ended, so that four attendants may operate in connection with a single shaker and single receiver. By this means the bags or boxes may be filled with great rapidity. In view of these rapid operations the attendants cannot give any attention to the disposal of the boxes after they are filled, and I therefore provide conveyers Fin the form of continuous straps passing around rollers 39 and extending below the ends of the packers, so that the attendants as soon as a box or bag receives its contents can draw the box from the end of the packer and place it without further manipulation directly upon the conveyer, bymeans of which it is conveyed to one end of the machine, where it is taken 0E, and the box is closed or the bagis folded down upon the articles within the same.

It will be evident that any suitable form of conveyer other than that shown may be employed and also that the parts above described may be constructed in different ways without departing from the main features of my invention. It will also be seen that any suitable means may be employed for vibrating the shaker and for reciprocating the plunger. As shown, there is a double plunger in each packer, and this is connected bya link. 40 to a vibrating arm 41, to which motion is imparted from a suitable eccentric 42 by means of a rod 43, and the shaker is vibrated from a rotating crank-wheel 45, to which rotation is imparted by means of a belt 46, driven from a shaft carrying the eccentric 42.

WVithout limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts shown, I claim 1. The shaker provided with the receivingplatform, and with partitions extending beyond the platform capable of limited longitudinal play independently of the movements of the platform, substantially as set forth.

2. The shaker provided with the receivingplatform, and with partitions extending be yond the platform, the alternate partitions capable of limited longitudinal play independently of the movement of the platform, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the reciprocating platform having partitions and dischargeopenings between the partitions, transverse blades in front and rear of said openings, and a channeled receiver into the channels of which the rear blades project, substantially as set forth.

4. The reciprocating platform with discharge-openings and blades extending downward in front and at the rear of said openings, combined with a receiver having channels into which the rear blades project, sub stantially as set forth.

5. The combination in a packing-machine, of a reciprocating plunger and atrough for receiving the articles to be packed adapted at the end to enter the packing box or receptacle and provided at said end with yielding sides, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of the reciprocating plunger and a trough having yielding sides and a yielding cap, substantially as set forth.

7. The trough having a rigid bottom, sides adapted to yield near the end of the trough for the passage of articles between them, a cap pivoted between the sides, and a plunger reciprocating in the trough, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination in a packing-machine, of a trough having yielding side portions at each end and a double-ended plunger, and means for reciprocating itin the trough, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination with a reciprocating plunger, of a trough adapted at the end to enter the packing box or receptacle and its sides having the terminal portions pivoted to swing laterally, and springs for carrying the pivoted portions inward, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination with a reciprocating plunger, of a trough, sides having the terminal portions pivoted to swing laterally,springs for carrying the pivoted portions inward, and a cap pivoted between the sides, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE THOM.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. FOSTER, H. M. GILLMAN, Jr. 

